On the Agenda for the Mayor and Board of Aldermen meeting Tuesday night (March 26, 2019 was "Opening and acceptance of bids for water meter registers" (beginning at 21:31 into the video of the meeting). That was done and the one bid received for 200 registers at a total cost of $28,338 was approved. The Town is using a grant that will pay $25,000 of the purchase.
However, discussions then revolved around other water meter issues: the frequency of meter malfunctions, availability of meters to replace those that are broken, and how customers are billed while water usage is not being metered. Alderman Daniel pointed out that the Town is losing substantial revenue due to the situation. A lengthy discussion followed on how to have meters on hand to promptly replace meters that need replacement.
In other business, the Mayor and Board heard the monthly report on the Police Department (beginning at 1:45 into the video of the meeting) and the Financial Report (beginning at 7:22 into the video of the meeting), approved a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission to not approve a rezoning request from Circle G Corporation, approved a resolution establishing an annual Community Cleanup Day on the last Saturday of March, approved a resolution in opposition to transfer collection of taxes to the State Department of Revenue, accepted the resignation of a dispatcher from the Police Department, and discussed improvements and issues related to the baseball park and summer baseball program.
Franklinton Council 03262019 from Mt. Hermon Web-TV on Vimeo.


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package net.autosauler.ballance.server;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Set;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;

import net.autosauler.ballance.client.DocumentService;
import net.autosauler.ballance.server.model.AbstractDocument;
import net.autosauler.ballance.shared.UserRole;

import com.google.gwt.user.server.rpc.RemoteServiceServlet;

/**
 * The Class DocumentServiceImpl.
 *
 * @author alexript
 */
public class DocumentServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements
		DocumentService {

	// TODO: trash, restore

	/** The Constant serialVersionUID. */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1695208451355559991L;

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see
	 * net.autosauler.ballance.client.DocumentService#activate(java.lang.String,
	 * java.lang.Long)
	 */
	@Override
	public void activate(String docname, Long number) {
		// TODO: return result
		UserRole role = getRole();

		String domain = getDomain();

		AbstractDocument d = AbstractDocument.getInstance(docname, role,
				domain, number);

		if (d != null) {
			d.activation();
			d.save();
		}

	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see
	 * net.autosauler.ballance.client.DocumentService#create(java.lang.String,
	 * java.util.HashMap)
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean create(String docname, HashMap<String, Object> map,
			HashMap<String, Set<HashMap<String, Object>>> tableparts) {

		boolean result = false;
		UserRole role = getRole();
		String domain = getDomain();
		String login = getLogin();
		AbstractDocument d = AbstractDocument.getInstance(docname, role,
				domain, login);

		if (d != null) {
			d.fromMap(map);
			result = d.save();
			result = result && d.saveTableRecords(login, tableparts);
		}
		return result;
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see
	 * net.autosauler.ballance.client.DocumentService#createAndActivate(java
	 * .lang.String, java.util.HashMap)
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean createAndActivate(String docname,
			HashMap<String, Object> map,
			HashMap<String, Set<HashMap<String, Object>>> tableparts) {
		boolean result = false;
		UserRole role = getRole();
		String domain = getDomain();
		String login = getLogin();
		AbstractDocument d = AbstractDocument.getInstance(docname, role,
				domain, login);

		if (d != null) {
			d.fromMap(map);
			result = d.save();
			result = result && d.saveTableRecords(login, tableparts);
			d.activation();
			result = result && d.save();
		}
		return result;
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see net.autosauler.ballance.client.DocumentService#get(java.lang.String,
	 * java.lang.Long)
	 */
	@Override
	public HashMap<String, Object> get(String docname, Long number) {
		HashMap<String, Object> map = null;
		UserRole role = getRole();
		String domain = getDomain();
		AbstractDocument d = AbstractDocument.getInstance(docname, role,
				domain, number);

		if (d != null) {
			map = d.toMap();
		}
		return map;
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see net.autosauler.ballance.client.DocumentService#get(java.lang.String,
	 * java.util.Set)
	 */
	@Override
	public Set<HashMap<String, Object>> get(String docname, Set<Long> numbers) {
		Set<HashMap<String, Object>> set = null;
		UserRole role = getRole();
		String domain = getDomain();
		AbstractDocument d = AbstractDocument
				.getInstance(docname, role, domain);

		if (d != null) {
			set = d.get(numbers);
		}
		return set;
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see
	 * net.autosauler.ballance.client.DocumentService#getAll(java.lang.String)
	 */
	@Override
	public Set<Long> getAll(String docname, boolean withunactive) {
		Set<Long> set = null;
		UserRole role = getRole();
		String domain = getDomain();
		String login = getLogin();
		AbstractDocument d = AbstractDocument.getInstance(docname, role,
				domain, login);

		if (d != null) {
			set = d.findAll(withunactive);
		}
		return set;
	}

	/**
	 * Gets the domain.
	 *
	 * @return the domain
	 */
	private String getDomain() {
		HttpSession httpSession = getSession();
		String domain = HttpUtilities.getUserDomain(httpSession);
		return domain;
	}

	/**
	 * Gets the login.
	 *
	 * @return the login
	 */
	private String getLogin() {
		HttpSession httpSession = getSession();
		String login = HttpUtilities.getUserLogo(httpSession);
		return login;
	}

	/**
	 * Gets the role.
	 *
	 * @return the role
	 */
	private UserRole getRole() {
		HttpSession httpSession = getSession();
		UserRole role = HttpUtilities.getUserRole(httpSession);
		return role;
	}

	/**
	 * Gets the session.
	 *
	 * @return the session
	 */
	private HttpSession getSession() {
		HttpSession httpSession = getThreadLocalRequest().getSession(false);
		return httpSession;
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see
	 * net.autosauler.ballance.client.DocumentService#getTable(java.lang.String,
	 * java.lang.Long, java.lang.String)
	 */
	@Override
	public Set<HashMap<String, Object>> getTable(String docname, Long number,
			String tablename) {
		Set<HashMap<String, Object>> set = null;
		UserRole role = getRole();
		String domain = getDomain();
		AbstractDocument d = AbstractDocument.getInstance(docname, role,
				domain, number);

		if (d != null) {
			set = d.getTableRecords(tablename);
		}
		return set;
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see
	 * net.autosauler.ballance.client.DocumentService#unactivate(java.lang.String
	 * , java.lang.Long)
	 */
	@Override
	public void unactivate(String docname, Long number) {
		// TODO: return result
		String domain = getDomain();
		UserRole role = getRole();
		AbstractDocument d = AbstractDocument.getInstance(docname, role,
				domain, number);

		if (d != null) {
			d.unactivation();
			d.save();

		}

	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see
	 * net.autosauler.ballance.client.DocumentService#update(java.lang.String,
	 * java.lang.Long, java.util.HashMap)
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean update(String docname, Long number,
			HashMap<String, Object> map,
			HashMap<String, Set<HashMap<String, Object>>> tableparts) {
		boolean result = false;
		UserRole role = getRole();
		String domain = getDomain();
		String login = getLogin();
		AbstractDocument d = AbstractDocument.getInstance(docname, role,
				domain, number);

		if (d != null) {
			if (d.isActive()) {
				d.unactivation();
			}
			d.fromMap(map);
			result = d.saveTableRecords(login, tableparts);
			result = result & d.save();
		}
		return result;
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see
	 * net.autosauler.ballance.client.DocumentService#updateAndActivate(java
	 * .lang.String, java.lang.Long, java.util.HashMap)
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean updateAndActivate(String docname, Long number,
			HashMap<String, Object> map,
			HashMap<String, Set<HashMap<String, Object>>> tableparts) {
		boolean result = false;
		UserRole role = getRole();
		String domain = getDomain();
		String login = getLogin();
		AbstractDocument d = AbstractDocument.getInstance(docname, role,
				domain, number);

		if (d != null) {
			if (d.isActive()) {
				d.unactivation();
			}

			d.fromMap(map);
			result = d.saveTableRecords(login, tableparts);
			d.activation();
			result = result && d.save();
		}
		return result;
	}

}

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Viber is doing its part to help out those families affected by Trump's latest Executive Order, which calls for the ban of people entering the US from seven different countries. Viber is offering up free calls to those in the US to those seven countries, or vice versa. This way everyone can get in touch with their loved ones and make sure that everything is going well. The Executive Order from President Trump had left over a hundred people stuck at airports across the country, from flights that were already in the air when the order was signed by the President. This led to many protests across the country, many at the country's largest airports. Currently the travel ban is still in effect, but that may change, or at least be altered in the next few days.
It's likely that Viber won't be the only one offering up free international calls to the effected countries - which include Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. But right now they are the first to do so. Viber has around 800 million users around the world, and actually the majority of their users are in the Middle East, which includes those seven countries that are part of this travel ban. When it comes to tech companies, many of them have released statements about the travel ban, and none of them are siding with the president on this one. In fact, Google and Alphabet co-founder, Sergey Brin was found at the San Francisco Airport protests over the weekend. He stated that he was there in a personal capacity and not in a professional capacity, and would not give any statements.
The good news is that those that have family in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Yemen and Sudan, can go ahead and call them using Viber for free. Now this likely won't last forever, so if you are wanting to call your friends and family, you'll want to do so now. The company hasn't said how long they'll be offering up free calls, but it'll likely be for the duration of this travel ban, which is about 4 months.


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NEET 2019 is scheduled to be held on 5th May 2019 and lakhs of students have already dedicated themselves to the preparation of the exam. However, to succeed in this examination, it is very necessary to understand the pattern of the question paper and the chapter wise weightage in the previous year's question papers.
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As my husband would say....."I've been as busy as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs." This time of the year is always busy and to add to it, we are trying to finish a bathroom remodel before next Friday. My daughter and her honey are coming for a visit and I'm hoping the guest bathroom is ready. The last time we did a face lift, my husband was off on a hunting trip with the boys and my daughter and I decided to wall paper, replace a light and paint. It was fun and a memory for sure. I hate to tell you how long ago that was....Lets just say more than 10 years. It will be a beautiful room when complete....and I CAN'T WAIT!
The November card class at PSB http://paradisescrapbookboutique.typepad.com/ was sold out. We did two Christmas Easel cards. Everyone did a great job, I'm proud of them. It was fun to watch the facial expressions and then the smiles as the projects were completed. I've heard from several of the girls and they are creating the cards at home. That is, after all, the purpose of teaching. I'm very proud of those who are creating on their own. I can't wait to see what they've made. I took my camera....but guess what....I forgot to take any photos. Next time... I promise.
For December, I decided to create two birthday cards. It seems I'm always behind the 8 ball when it comes to birthdays. (I have 8 cards to make for December and January...goodness!) The first card is a shaker card. I always enjoyed making them and I thought maybe the girls would have a good time too. The second is an easel card. I patterned this one after a card I made for my daughter-in-law. Both cards were fun to make and I'm sure the gang will enjoy making them.
Mary! As usual these cards are wonderful! I am loving your easel cards and this shaker card is cool too! Isn't it nice to have cards made in advance? I wanted to let you know that I have given you three awards! You can pick them up from my blog! Have a great Sunday!
Your Easel card is just stunning! Love all the fantastic touches you added to give it that extra pop and elegance! The one with the balloon is soooo cute! I love the little stars in the shaker part. You're cards are amazing!


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Davao City's tap water has been tested for quality and was adjudged as one of the best in the world in terms of cleanliness, safety, mineral content, and taste. No need for boiling, distilling, purifying, adding of minerals.
Dabawenyos enjoy an abundant and stable supply of water and power 24 hours a day all year round. The Davao City Water District (DCWD) is the number one water utility company among the 50 water utilities in the Asia- Pacific region. Being the third largest privately-owned electric utility in the Philippines, Davao Light & Power Co. is the country's most efficiently run power utility. The city is also the first in the country to have an adaptive traffic signalization system and has a state-of-the-art traffic system similar to the system in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Davao City has been cited in Asia for its high livability index, where residents can easily switch between fast-paced business transactions and soothing relaxation options. It is considered a major tourist destination in the East Asian region with an increasing number of international visitors since the 1990s.
Beyond just visiting, Davao is also seen as a retirement haven for people seeking a slower pace, due to its relaxed atmosphere, low cost of living, and numerous recreational options.
Harvests are bountiful in Davao City. The cultivation and propagation of natural resources dominate the economic landscape of the region as the city is surrounded by many different plantations and stock farms supplying both local and export markets. With the richness of agribusiness opportunities in and aroundthe city, it's no wonder that Davao City is considered the Food Basket of the Philippines.
Davao City is blessed with abundant fresh drinking water from both ground and surface sources. Mount Apo serves as the recharge point and the areas at the foot of the mountain contain large reservoirs, the biggest of which is the Calinan, Toril and Talomo Triangle.
Even with a population of over 1.3 million and an urban density estimated at 2,400 persons per square kilometer, Davao City's crime rate still remains among the lowest in the country. This has earned for Davao City the distinction as the Most Peaceful City in the East and Southeast Asia for a number of years already.
The city contains also numerous medical facilities, both private and public, with highly competent medical practitioners. There are three public hospitals: Davao Medical Center, Paquibato District Hospital and Camp Panacan Station Hospital, in addition to more than 30 private hospitals, excluding clinics and lying-in centers. Some hospitals are capable of performing complex operations from kidney transplantsto heart surgeries, as well as providing luxurious medical tourism facilities.
It has also affiliated with the Clean Cities Coalition of the Energy and Clean Air Project of the United States Agency for International Development or USAID to be able to create the necessary mechanisms to help address the issue of global warming.
It also leads the Davao Gulf Management Council, which is now undertaking the Environment Sensitivity Index (ESI) on the city's gulf water. The ESI is a combined satellite, aerial imaging and ground truthing which identifies areas where sea creatures including coral reefs and sea grasses thrive and those that should be protected.
Recharge in our cool mountain resorts.
Frolic in our white sand beaches.
Indulge in our wide array of fresh seafoods.
Delight in our sensuous feast of fresh exotic fruits and colorful cutflowers.
Pump up your adrenaline with our exhilarating thrill rides.
All these and more awaits you in one of the largest metropolitan cities in the world: DAVAO.
Situated in the Southern part of the Philippines, Davao City is among the largest cities in the world with a sprawling land area of 244,000 hectares. It is the premier city and hub of Southern Philippines known for its bustling economic activities, diverse population, urban build-up and modern amenities. It is considered as the most important economy in the island and the third most important urban center in the Philippines. The city is known to many as a destination offering a unique combination of various eco adventures in the midst of a modern, urban landscape characterized by a flourishing business and tourism environment.
Access to Davao City is never a problem with its almost 20 daily flights to the nation's capital of Manila, and 7 weekly flights from Singapore serviced by Silk Air, Singapore Airlines' regional carrier and very soon by one of the leading low cost carriers in the region, Tiger Airways. Visitors from neighboring cities and provinces can easily find their way to Davao with major highways connecting the city to the other major cities in the Southern Philippines.
Export in the City is now a billion dollar industry with a growing niche market for its products. The stable banana and flourishing coconut industries are among the country's leading export commodities, with China ranking 2nd among our top trading partners.
Davao City also exudes a strong cultural identity being home to at least 10 major indigenous tribes, both Islamized and non-Islamized, as well as migrant settlers (mostly Christianized) from all over the Philippines. As opposed to the rest of the Filipinos who have been colonized by the West, the people of Davao are indigenized — which means that they may come from different places with different ways but when they become residents of Davao, they adopt the multicultural and cosmopolitan way of life, embracing the diversity of the city.
There is also a growing global community of expatriates with different languages, cultural traditions, religious beliefs, and political persuasions present in the city as a result of its strong balance for ecological preservation amidst its fast economic growth. In fact, the city has recently been cited as home to the biggest Chinatown community in the world outside of China. A Chinatown Development Council has been created by the City Government to support the preservation and further propagation the Chinese culture within the city.
Blessed with a typhoon-free weather all year round, Davao is the Philippines' favorite eco-adventure tourism destination. A few hours away from the city are both the sea and the mountains with a unique view of Mt. Apo, the tallest mountain in the Philippines. Adventure seekers can literally get a natural high by climbing its peak of 3,144 meters above sea level, while at the same time, enjoying the exotic flora and fauna teeming from the foot to the top. In a segment between 300 to 1000 meters above sea level, about 800 different endemic plants have been identified as growing on the mountain's slopes. Endemic animals are also abundant with the mountain playing home to about 227 vertebrate species including amphibians, reptiles and mammals, 118 species of butterflies, and about 272 species of birds, of which 40% or 111 are endemic to Mt. Apo, including the Great Philippine Eagle. Despite its height, Mount Apo is one of the most popular climbing destinations in the Philippines for its summit is considered easy to reach.
Mountain resorts are also easily accessible within the city. A big number of these offer deluxe accommodation facilities for families and groups of friends who simply want a brief respite from the rigors of the metropolis, while enjoying the cool, crisp air of the countryside and feasting on our fresh fruits and vegetables. And while you're enjoying the view, marvel at our unique flora and fauna such as the exquisite waling-waling, which is considered as the "Queen of Philippine Orchids" and the Philippine's national symbol, the Philippine Eagle, both of whom can only be found in Davao.
Davao City though is not all about mountains as the City is also know for its pristine, white sand beaches. Within just 20 minutes, one can explore the world-class resorts off Samal Island. Diving enthusiasts are also sure to be treated to the breathtaking view of the underwater world. Due to the gentle water current prevailing in the area, some spots provide an ideal experience for beginners when diving in Davao. It is categorized as an easy dive, with visibility within a depth of 20 meters where soft and hard corals abound. For a deeper depth for experienced divers, going down 40 to 50 meters can reveal huge jack fish, tunas, and mackerels.
If adventure is what you're looking for, Davao has every adrenaline pumping activity that will definitely excite your senses! From the long, breathtaking ziplines in the mountains that stretches by almost a kilometer, to the rush of the rapids that meets as you go white-water rafting, Davao City has it all.
The city also has a vibrant shopping scene with local brands competing with highly recognizable national & international brands. Any shopaholic will surely be delighted by shopping finds in our malls, thrift shops, & seasonal bazaars and one need not spend a lot to do so. One can find a wide array of souvenir shops in the city selling colorful ethnic-inspired clothes and fabrics, intricately-made crafts and trinkets, and many other products that depict the diversity of the city's culture.
After enjoying our local sites and attractions, treat yourself to our wonderful variety of local flavors as restaurants, bars & cafes offer dishes & cuisines offer you our fresh abundance of seafood, meats, herbs, vegetables & fruits. Tropical fruits abound the city, most popular of which is the king of fruits, Durian. Every food craving is sure to be satisfied when you are in Davao City.
At night, enjoy ice cold beers and unique cocktail blends while listening to the beats of the local music scene. Davao artistry takes root from a rich and diverse cultural heritage that is vibrant and captivating.
Your home in the city can be sweeter than home as one will find a wide array of choices for your preferred accommodations. Whether in the quietness of the mountains or in the heart of the city, Davao has almost 5,000 hotel rooms waiting for you. From deluxe accommodations to boutique hotels, Davao City guarantees unparalled hospitality to make your stay a safe and memorable one.
Every year, the City also pays homage to its unique culture and to the abundance from nature. This is celebrated in two festivals that highlight the best that Davao has to offer: the Araw ng Dabaw, a vibrant feast celebrating the birth of the city and the oneness of its people and the Kadayawan Festival, the country's king of festivals, a celebration and thanksgiving for nature's bountiful harvest. Through these two festivals, Davao City has captured the hearts of many tourists and their love affair with the city continues as they experience the city's peace and serenity. We are sure that you too will fall in love with the city during your next visit.
The air is fresh. The city is clean and green. There is real abundance of the freshest harvest from the land and sea and the quality of potable water is among the best in the world. No wonder it was awarded as the most livable city in the Asia by Asiaweek Magazine in 1998.
The city's best asset will always be its people. Warm and hospitable, there will always be a friendly Dabawenyo to help you do business, go on an adventure, enjoy the urban pleasures and experience the culture. You also need not worry in exploring the city as one can easily find a local tour guide that speaks fluent Mandarin.
From islands to highlands with the comforts of an urban center, Davao City will definitely be your best choice for business and pleasure. With its friendly and hospitable people, rich culture, and wide array of flora and fauna, life can certainly be found here in Davao.


Oh my that puppy is A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!! Is it yours??
Your sewing is lovely, and the puppy is soooo cute. Is he your new baby?
lovely little snippets. And is that a new four legged baby?
Too cute Shiree and the bundle fluff is gorgeous too *wink*.
Although I love fabric and stitching I LOVE soft eared puppies more.
I love your stitching, and of course the puppy is just too adorable!!!
What lovely snippets - but oh that last one captured my heart, how darling!
Aww what a little cutie.........and the dog's gorgeous also.
Your puppy is sooooo cute!
Just found you and the first thing I see looks like a blonde cocker spaniel! He looks just like my baby. What a cutie! Can't wait to peruse your blog, looks like fun!


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St. Paul, Minn., Jun 6, 2020 / 06:01 am (CNA).- Since Friday, there have been 612 arrests in the Twin Cities metroplex associated with protests following the killing of George Floyd, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.
In response to the arrests, the University of St. Thomas School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, announced that it would defend those arrested for non-felony offenses associated with the protests free of charge. The school ranks second in the nation for practical training, according to a 2020 ranking by the National Jurist.
Defending the marginalized of society, who otherwise would not be able to afford representation, has been a long-standing goal of the Criminal and Juvenile Defense Clinic at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, which is taking on the cases associated with the protests.
The center will defend anyone charged with "gross misdemeanors, misdemeanors, petty offenses, delinquency offenses" that are associated with the protests, such as curfew violation. The center will not defend those charged with burglary and arson, which accounted for some of the arrests accompanying the protests.
"There have been a lot of cases coming in regarding violations of the curfew and other peaceful violations," said University of St. Thomas School of Law Dean Robert Vischer. "That's been the focus, rather than destruction of property."
While the charges these defendants face are petty, if a defendant does not pay the fees associated with their arrest, their charges can quickly accumulate.
"There are huge collateral consequences for a juvenile who gets a misdemeanor charge or even an adult who gets a misdemeanor charge," said Leyla Bari, a 2020 graduate from St. Thomas School of Law and an alumna of the clinic.
"The way that Minnesota law is written means [that] your driver's license will get suspended, and then often people will still have to drive to work… and when your license gets suspended, that results in more fees, and often people will have to drive out of necessity, and it just creates a whole cycle of debt that it makes really difficult to get out of," Bari said. "So it's a small, little, tiny charge that just snowballs."
Sarah Koziol, a rising third year law student who has been responding to calls made to the clinic, said that these kinds of cycles "plague poor people."
"These types of fines create a pathway for criminalizing people who weren't even found guilty in the first place," Koziol said.
"It is critical to perpetuating the mission of St. Thomas [and] perpetuating Catholic social teaching pillars in the community in a very tangible, real way, to make sure we stand up for each protestor, each indigent person who is down there fighting for their rights, to make sure these small, little minute charges do not snowball and ruin their life," Bari said.
Although the commitment to serving the under-represented is part of the center's mission, this particular initiative arose in immediate response to community need and will require the volunteer work of a team of 13 law students over the summer, during a time when the center does not usually accept new cases.
"We were not planning on this being our summer, but who was?" said Rachel Moran, who founded and directs the Criminal and Juvenile Defense Clinic. "It was just a very organic response to community need."
On the second night of protests following the death of George Floyd, Moran received a message from Bari asking if the clinic would be able to provide representation for protesters who were being arrested.
"I saw protesters out on the streets very early on, and I was very distraught at seeing so many young black and brown youth who were the first on the front lines to be picked out by officers, being intimidated by officers, getting arrested, getting maced, and sprayed with tear gas, and I wanted to do something, so I reached out to Professor Moran," said Bari.
"I said yes," said Moran. "We are a clinic that prioritizes being responsive to community need."
Vischer said that the response of the community has been "largely enthusiastic."
"Of course, whenever you're delving into the representation of participants in controversial social actions, it won't be uniformly enthusiastic," he said. "But that's part of being a criminal defense attorney; you are representing those who may not otherwise have a voice, and you may not be embraced by the larger community."
The calls of complaints he has received from the public have expressed concern that the center is "supporting the protesters," Vischer said.
"I point out that representing someone who is accused of a crime is separate from whether you support the underlying action that they have been arrested for," said Vischer. "Ensuring that someone has representation doesn't mean that the person will escape all punishment for violating the law."
"Defense attorneys broadly have to represent everyone," said Bari. "That is our duty as attorneys. We have to represent people, we have to give people a fair shot at justice in our justice system."
Koziol said that the voices that criticize the clinic often point to the destruction that ensued with protests, often saying, "look at the destruction of Minneapolis and other cities, you are supposed to be taking care of creation, not destroying it," Koziol reported.
Bari challenged that assertion, saying that "by amplifying and standing up for communities who have traditionally been pushed down and silenced, we're helping to not just keep our gardens and yards looking nice, we're helping to actually deliver true justice, which is the fulcrum that any kind of creation needs to be premised on."
"The protests are legitimate and the tactics that have turned violent were turned violent by police," said Koziol. "When protestors can speak up, they can create meaningful change."
As a former public defendant in Chicago, Moran said that she is accustomed to being criticized for her work.
"I'd like to have a longer conversation with them," said Moran. "We have a duty to advocate for the marginalized and we have a duty to stand up for those who have been wronged, particularly when they have been wronged by an abusive authority. That should be very consistent with Catholicism."
The center believes that in defending the protesters it is living its Catholic identity.
"I think a Catholic law school should be instrumental in helping provide a voice for the voiceless and that the views of those on the margins of society are heard, and I think that a criminal defense clinic, generally, is aligned well with that mission, and that includes protesters who are arrested for protests," Vischer said.
"By protecting freedom of speech and expression, that doesn't just help one person, it helps all of us, which is directly tied to our mission, which is 'for the common good,'" said Bari, quoting the University of St. Thomas motto. "It's not isolated as one incident."
"It is deeply Catholic to affirm the dignity of every person, and that's really the starting point for what we're doing here," said Moran. "We are affirming the dignity of George Floyd. After the police denied that dignity and treated him as if he had no value, we are affirming that his life mattered."
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Catholic judge Barbara Lagoa on the shortlist of Supreme Court nominees
CNA Staff, Sep 21, 2020 / 03:05 pm (CNA).-
President Donald Trump's shortlist of potential nominees to the Supreme Court includes Judge Barbara Lagoa, a Catholic who has spoken about how her faith has shaped her legal career.
Lagoa, 52, was born in Miami and is the daughter of Cuban immigrants. Trump appointed Lagoa to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta in late 2019. She had previously served as a Justice on the Florida Supreme Court, the first Hispanic woman to do so.
President Donald Trump announced Monday that he would announce a nominee by Sept. 26 to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday evening at 87.
In addition to an existing White House list of two dozen potential Supreme Court nominees, Trump added 20 more names Sept. 9, including three sitting U.S. senators.
Trump said that he was "looking at five, probably four, but I'm looking at five very seriously" options to replace Ginsburg. Trump had also said he will nominate a woman for the position.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a Catholic, is widely reported to be the front-runner in the president's deliberations regarding a nominee, but Lagoa is also on Trump's shortlist, and Florida lawmakers are said to be advocating for her appointment.
Lagoa, who has three children, has spoken about the importance of the Catholic faith in her own life.
Speaking at an October 2019 dinner for the Thomas More Society, a Catholic lawyers' organization, Lagoa praised the group's namesake saint as a model for Catholic law professionals, who she said should not compartmentalize their professional lives from their spiritual lives.
"I suggest that in order to be a good Catholic advocate, one should start with St. Thomas More," Lagoa told the attorneys. More, the patron saint of attorneys, is hailed for his commitment to his conscience and to Catholic doctrine, which lead eventually to martyrdom.
"It is more than going to Mass every Sunday, and to me at least, it means having a personal relationship with God that in turn informs how we treat others," she said of her Catholic faith.
Following More's humility in legal practice "starts with reminding ourselves, even when it is hardest, of the dignity of each human being — even the most difficult opposing counsel — and it also starts with reminding ourselves that none of us are perfect and that we ourselves can contribute to or exacerbate a difficult situation," she said.
Lagoa also urged lawyers to ask for the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and the gifts of wisdom, counsel and fortitude, in daily life, according to the Florida Catholic.
Lagoa has also been outspoken about the importance of her own Catholic education, having attended Catholic elementary and high school in Miami.
As a Florida Supreme Court Justice, she took part in a major ruling reversing a judge's decision striking down a Florida law that requires that people with past serious criminal convictions pay all fines, restitution and legal fees before regaining the right to vote, NBC News reported.
Lagoa is married and a mother of three.
"I think the most important thing I can tell women about their leadership roles is the thing I tell my three daughters, which is: do not be afraid of failure, do not be afraid to make mistakes, be bold, and take risks," she said in an April 2019 interview.
"That's the one thing I can tell you about all women who are in positions of leadership; they all have taken risks…Nothing is ever perfect. Just do it, and you will be happy that you did. Maybe you will fail initially, but failure also leads to learning."
Since Justice Ginsburg's death last week, pro-life and pro-abortion voices have made it clear that any nominee's stance on abortion will be a key issue. Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz has described Lagoa as "very pro-life, reliably pro-life."
Lagoa said in written answers to the Senate upon her nomination to the appeals court that she believes Roe v. Wade is "settled law" and that as an appellate court judge, she "would faithfully follow it as I would follow all precedent of the Supreme Court."
"I am particularly mindful of the fact that under our constitutional system, it is for the legislature, and not the courts, to make the law. It is the role of judges to apply, not to alter, the work of the people's representatives. And it is the role of judges to interpret our constitution and our statutes as they are written," Lagoa said in a speech after being appointed to the Florida Supreme Court.
If the Supreme Court reverses Roe v. Wade and removes the inferred constitutional protection for abortion, the legality of abortion would be subject to state-by-state regulation.
As many as a dozen states, including New York and California, have enshrined a right to abortion in their own constitutions. Other states, such as Arkansas, have "trigger laws" on the books that would automatically ban abortion entirely if the case were overturned.
On Saturday, Americans United for Life, a major pro-life organization, endorsed Judge Barrett and urged President Trump to nominate her.
Trump's likely nomination of a Supreme Court Justice to replace Ginsburg has become a matter of political controversy, in an already fractious U.S. political and social context.
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged Friday that a Trump Supreme Court nominee will be voted on for confirmation by the United States Senate, even while there are fewer than seven weeks until the Nov. 3 presidential election.
Democratic leaders have pushed back, and pointed to McConnell's refusal to consider Obama Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland in March 2016, seven months before that year's presidential contest. At the time, Republicans said that it would be more appropriate to wait until after the November election to fill the Court vacancy.
McConnell defended his decision Friday night, saying that "in the last midterm election before Justice Scalia's death in 2016, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck president's second term. We kept our promise. Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party president's Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year."
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I like sipping coffee and looking at the workbench, or the railroad, whether or not a train is running. But that's one reason I built the current railroad with a continuous running option, so that I could just sit and sip and think. I like the view you shared - quite a collection of early rail rolling stock.
As for ground throws, I currently don't have any machines on the switches and have been operating just fine with only one turnout needing to be held in place. I use a stick pin for that one, and even that will go away once I add some shims to increase the friction beneath the throw bars. I throw them with the same bamboo skewer I use to uncouple the cars.
I'm considering modifying the switch targets to move like Wolfgang Dudler showed in MRH and on his website, but that may be too much effort for such a small thing. I haven't decided if that's important enough to pursue. I have Details West switch stands and targets but they aren't yet installed.
I used Caboose ground throws on my timesaver along with slide switches embedded beneath the throw bar to power the frog. Had one slide switch fail and digging it out was a pain. I replaced it with a micro lever switch and that has worked fine, but I decided then I wouldn't use that arrangement again. Right now I don't have to power frogs. If I do I may go with a Frog Juicer.
Have you seen the caboose ground throws mounted beneath the head ties?
Many of my old-style turnouts, where power is routed through the points, work without ground throws until I ballast the track, which means it�s time to install power-routing ground throws. My newer �DCC friendly turnouts have unpowered frogs. My little 4-4-0 stalls every time. Therefore I need power-routing ground throws of some sort.
I�m not familiar with that particular type of Caboose Hobbies ground throw. Maybe I�m misunderstanding what you are asking.
I don't want to sound "negative", but I've read the Caboose Hobbies power routing switch throws are not very durable or reliable. Perhaps some research concerning before commiting?
Caboose Hobbies have made two versions, the original was difficult to assemble and was delicate. The newer version is much easier to construct and much more robust.
My layout was open for the monthly NMRA division meet, and to get ready I did a little scenery and building arrangement for my lumberyard.
Needs more details such as wagons,lumber scraps etc. and I really need to replace that missing board in the fence.
Thanks Bob. A new board. Good idea.
Someone also does laser cut wood stacks, but I can't remember who, right off the top of my head.
Dave: Owl Mtn lumber stacks, eh? I'll need to check that out. Amazing the little tips one picks up in these threads.
Dave and Andre, thank you.
Thanks for the pic, Dave. Also, are you handlaying those switches, or are they prefab?
Some of each on my layout. The curved turnouts you see are handlaid (FastTracks). Other places I'm using ME #6. All code 70.
I shall now try to keep quiet and be a good boy and avoid drifting Mike's thread.


Every year on Good Friday, a procession winds its way through the narrow streets of old Perpignan, to commemorate the passion of Christ. The origins of the procession can be traced back to Saint Vincent Ferrier, a Dominican monk who lived between 1350 and 1419. La Confrerie de la Sanch, the Fraternity of the Holy Blood, was founded in October 1416 at the Church of Saint-Jacques in Perpignan, with the aim of accompanying those condemned to death and their families before and after the execution, and at the same time commemorating the passion of Christ.
The participants of the procession are called penitents – the men wearing black robes with hats pointing to the sky, their faces completely masked, some of them barefoot or only wearing sandals. The women wear black veils on their head and are dressed head to toe in black. The procession is always led by the Regidor, a figure dressed in a red robe, carrying an iron bell, which is rung intermittently, followed by a group of drummers. The solemnity of the procession as it approaches sent shivers down my spine. In 1777 the authorities decided to confine the procession to the church grounds of the Saint-Jacques church, as it was deemed too baroque and Spanish. The tradition of taking the procession through the streets of the old town was revived in 1950 and it's been taking place ever since.
The procession passes in silence; the penitents do not speak, and most of the bystanders watch in awed silence. The only noise comes from a PA system, where someone is explaining the origins of the Sanch and reading what sounded to me sacred texts, some in Occitan. The PA system is also playing the Goigs, the traditional Catalan Easter songs. I would have preferred for there not to be any of that, for me it didn't add to the atmosphere.
The start is a 3pm in Rue de l'Eglise Saint-Jacques, and the procession returns there at 6pm. In between there are four stops to give those carrying the Misteri a break. When there is a break, even a short one during the walk, each one of the bearers has a stick on which to rest the handles of their heavy load. Some of those sticks look like they've been used for a very long time.
There are many Misteri in the procession and many photographs, so I thought I would try and insert a slide show for you.
So if you ever are in the area around Easter, I would urge you to visit Perpignan on Good Friday, even if the weather does not look too good. The procession will not leave you indifferent, and neither will the town of Perpignan!
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Thank you Nessy San – I hop you'll enjoy lots more!!
If I was just suddenly confronted by a procession of people dressed like this, I think I would be running the other way!! What a wonderful experience! Thanks for visiting my journey, it means a lot! I will be on the look out for your next post!
HI Janaline, thanks so much for your comment – you're right, it has a somewhat scary side to it… But it is very moving! Loved reading your posts about Japan!


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Laurel passed away peacefully on October 17, 2018, in Portland, Oregon. Born in Los Angeles, California, to parents Grant and Virginia Flemming, she was raised in Burbank and Woodland Hills and graduated from Canoga Park High School. Always wanting to be a nurse, Laurel pursued this major at the Bishop College of Nursing and Hospital of the Good Samaritan in Los Angeles, a 500-bed teaching hospital where she was born. In 1961 she completed her work in nursing, then finished her Bachelor of Science in 1964, as well as her Masters of Science in 1971, all the while working for 10 years in various nursing fields. In 1963 she married Don Freed, later adding to their family with a son, Eric, six years later. For the next period of time, 1972 to 1999, Laurel was Professor of Nursing at Sonoma State University, where she taught an array of classes in the nursing curriculum and was highly respected by her students. When it came time to retire, Laurel and Don found their perfect haven in Newport, Oregon, and purchased a home thereafter in 2000. Laurel continued to serve on numerous boards in Newport, and as a lover of jazz, she became a supporter of the Newport Performing Arts Center. She is lovingly survived by her son Eric, daughter-in-law Meredith, granddaughters Ella and Emery, and sisters Gail Holway and Amy Fessler. A Celebration of Laurel's Life will be planned for the Spring of 2019 in Newport, Oregon. Memorial donations, in lieu of flowers, are preferred to the Oregon Coast Community College Foundation, Laurel Flemming Freed Nursing Scholarship Fund, 332 SW Coast Highway, Newport, OR 97365 or to the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, 777 W. Olive Street, PO Box 1315, Newport, OR 97366.


As an internet entrepreneur, I pay extra close attention to the shopping carts that people are utilizing and I started noticing more people using SamCart.
Then I started seeing ads from SamCart, so I signed up to their email list. I received a few mails from them hyping up their service, so I decided to give it a shot.
SamCart is a checkout platform which Features conversion-optimized checkout templates together with one-click upsell, arrange subscription bulge and payment strategy capacities that are designed to maximize profits.
If you are a person that wishes to establish a shopping cart SamCart is right for you. You can wake up and running in under thirty minutes. I put up all of my stuff but that is probably because I watched a YouTube videos about it beforehand.
The largest reason that SamCart has been able to Because they offer so many features that assist retailers make more money, grow is. Whether you're running an e-commerce store or selling info products, these features will help you earn money and have SamCart pay for itself.
SamCart allows you to create your personal army of affiliates which will sell your products for you together with the Affiliate Center. SamCart automatically generates an Affiliate Signup page for you – that's where others can use to promote your merchandise.
You'll find a link for this page, which means that you can send it out to potential affiliates, place it on your site, or send it out to your own email list. Whenever my subscribers go without purchasing anything from me, I encourage them to become affiliates. Hey, if they are not buying something, it is still a way for me to gain from them.
Every time a potential affiliate fills your program, they will be shown a message which their accounts is"pending approval". When that happens, you will find a notification that they applied via email. It include buttons to approve or deny the individual's application. If you want, you can set it up to automatically accept affiliates.
SamCart's default affiliate commission is 50 percent. But this payout to whatever you desire can be customized by you. You may pay your affiliates a flat rate commission (a set dollar amount per sale) or a percentage. I've had a great deal of success by increasing the affiliate for top-performing affiliates to give them an incentive to market more.
Among the coolest things about SamCart is that they have 18 professionally designed templates that are proven to convert. I really don't think the templates ALL are that great, but I do love most of them. My favorite is the traditional template.
The apparent big advantage here is that the templates have been used by other recognized marketers, so you can stay away from the innumerable hours of designing and analyzing your own pages.
All the templates have trust components like reviews, guarantees, and safety reassurances that provide your clients the peace of mind they will need to enhance your conversions.
As soon as you choose your checkout page, then it is easy to customize it by changing the colors of the header, footer, buttons, etc.. You might even pick the fields you want to include and you can add custom bullet points to describe the product your client is buying (I have discovered bullet points to be especially helpful, and that's why you see them on all my sales pages).
I do a good deal of advertising on Google AdWords, where most of my traffic comes from mobile. I found that with my old cart, people abandoned at a greater speed, which meant I flushed my advertisement spend down the bathroom. SamCart assisted my boost my conversions from mobile.
Plus, they have a trendy"sandbox" mode, which enables you make certain everything is working before going live with your goods. With my cart that is previous, examine it and I really had to publish everything. I hated doing this. Together with SamCart, I will test payments without going live and without charging your credit card (and messing up your stats).
When I told my friends I was composing a SamCart review, they explained I should stress how amazing their click upsells are, and I agree.
If you are selling online and you are not offering upsells, you're leaving a great deal of cash on the table. In fact, back in 2006, Amazon reported that 35 percent of its earnings were from its own upselling efforts. Do not you think that it warrants your consideration if Amazon is currently earning that much money from it?
An upsell is a technique that helps you increase your average order value. You don't even understand it and likely experience upsells the time. You do not HAVE to get the extended warranty for your vehicle, but it's there as an upsell. You do not need to get dessert after dinner, but restaurants like to provide it.
Continuing with the dessert example, those small $8 cakes are not a massive amount of money, but if you are the restaurant selling dozens of them each night, the money adds up.
This attribute is unique because it offers you the capability to include many different payment choices onto a single checkout page. For my 997 online course, I utilize Teachable, and even they do not provide this feature. When a customer wants the payment plan I must have different checkout pages. I WISH I could use SamCart because of that.
The one page voucher takes multiple payments into a whole new level since it keeps traffic on the page while they determine how to pay. You understand how important it is to keep your visitors on the webpage, if you've ever sold anything on the internet.
Cross-selling is a way to sell products that are related to the one the client already owns. A cross-sell would be gasoline or auto insurance if a customer buys a car from you.
You might be familiar with this as bundling. When you bundle products and the principal merchandise jointly, you are able to raise your profits on each sale. McDonald's does by selling fries and beverages with their 14, so exceptionally well.
When I started selling subscription products online, I was naive enough to believe everybody would pay in time, every moment. I guessed that if I was good enough to cover my bills and honor my obligations, so would everybody else.
Boy, was I naive. Figuring out that there are some real losers online. People who decline cancel credit cards simply to get out of making payments or charges. Usually once this occurs, your subscription income is gone. With any lawful action (such as sending a demand letter… if you have the client's address) you can't receive your money. Sad.
But today with SamCart, your subscriptions have been safeguarded from declined obligations and expired credit cards. A payment fails, SamCart sends your client an email on your behalf – that the email has a link where customers can upgrade the payment they have on file, directly . That means that you don't have to waste your time hounding down your customers.
Is not it weird that people talk about split examining their revenue pages, their opt-in pages, their email subject lines, and even more… but they do not ever speak about testing their homepage?
If you figure that most of your potential clients are abandoning your checkout page, do not you believe a half-decent split evaluation might help you get yet another customer??
Luckily, SamCart delivers the capacity to conduct live split tests. From the realm of shopping carts, this is AMAZING. In case you've got a abandonment rate and your split-testing snags you simply ONE client, you will double your sales. Yes, DOUBLE YOUR SALES. Just like that.
SamCart enables you to change any setting you need, so you can test any variation which tickles your fancy. It's possible to change the template, try a different guarantee (I've found that the more, the better), remove some areas (I've discovered the less, the better), and much more.
As soon as you have your variations created, SamCart mechanically tests involving your own variations. You don't have to do anything except watch the results roll in. You can head over to the"AB Test" section in the item's settings to see how the variants are doing. As soon as you find a winner, SamCart allows you to easily disable the failure.
The one thing you can not split-test with SamCart is the product's price. Run a test between these two products and you are going to need to create two different goods, if you would like to do so.
Once it comes to A/B testing, experience tells me that you ought to test the major stuff first (like entirely different templates) and work your way down to the second details. Oh, and always wait until you've got a statistically significant sample size before you call it.
Based on what study you read, 80% of people That"add to cart" on your site will abandon that cart. You may add a substantial quantity of cash to your bottom line if it is possible to get just a little quantity of those people to convert.
SamCart's entire value proposition is their checkout site templates have been analyzed to the gills and they have been demonstrated to convert more compared to their competition. You want to ensure that you're optimizing your conversions if you sell things online, and SamCart will help you do that.
Plus, most checkout pages are not designed to maximize the total amount of profit which you get from every sell. Matters such as order lumps and upsells enable you to include more profit.
For example, I sell a $97 PDF on my website. When I used a typical checkout form, I would not have the ability to add an upsell. But since I offer an upsell, my supply is taken by approximately one out of every three individuals for $60.
Due to this one simple attribute, I am adding an average of $20 to each and every order of that product. That is like giving myself over a increase simply. Which means I can devote an extra $20 on advertisements to acquire a client and develop my business.
My favorite SamCart attribute is hands-down the Awesome training and client service they provide. They have tons of videos in what's called their"Knowledge Base" which teaches you how you can use their applications (even though it's already pretty simple ) and they provide a lot of education on the best way best to earn more money if you're selling online.
I didn't get a chance to integrate SamCart using a Lot of resources, just because I don't use that many. I use mainly use Stripe, Drip, PayPal and OptinMonster.
Interested in learning more about OptinMonster? Have a look at my review . If you're interested in learning more I wrote a review of this also.
SamCart allows you to seamlessly sync with a lot of tools, including email, marketing automation, membership, and payment processing. It was super easy for me to incorporate my entire system together with SamCart and I imagine that it would be the exact same for the majority of individuals out there.
Even SamCart is a complete steal with the features. I've discovered that the Fundamental is good enough however if you are doing a great deal of business on the internet, you want to get the Pro plan.
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This is why getting away is also important. A perfect person in society. I did not want to end up like his ex wife. Narcissists, says Keith Campbell, Ph. She walked out of therapy because the therapist wanted her to accept that she played a role in her fractured relationships. I am so much happy today that we have someone like this great healer out there, so my people out there kindly contact this great healer on his email address: dr.
Only a debutante does that. I recently had a female family member telling outright lies to my kids, I never even warned her, I just cut her out my life, and she knows why. Don't let her bait you into an emotional reaction. Alli, who prepare herbal medicine to cure all kind of diseases including herpes virus Herpes , when i contacted this herbal doctor via his email allispellhelp1 gmail. I really tried my best.
I get she had a hard life growing up and whatnot. Structure, support, and the possibility of a career afterwards. Tell her how she affected your life. I have also realised during these times that if I don't give her any reaction and try to overlook the whole drama by giving her some hints as well, then the negativity rain and the insults slows too. She still saw my husband as the only child and failed to recognize that he is married and that she isn't the one and only in his life anymore. I keep trying so hard to show her kindness and understanding but she is getting worse each time.
He will get in a big fight with her block her number and then the next day he will go running back to her and making her feel like she can keep controlling him. My husband saw what was going on, and we both confronted her many times and she seems to enjoy that we noticed what she was doing. At the same time the narcissistic mother is intimating that his ultimate loyalty belongs with her where it has always been. Your heart, mind, and body will break under the strain eventually. She constantly complains to us about money and being able to afford things because my fiance isn't the best financially but when I told her that I can pay for everything she misinterprets this as if I am demeaning him and questions whether or not I actually respect him. She's single now so I think your days are numbered.
She expressed her hatred for me many times and has even turned some family members against me. We had such a wonderful time together. The relationship between me and my husband strained and it got so bad that we threatened divorce. I found a place where I can feel well. If she can't get you to respect her authority, she'll tighten the reins on her son, her other kids, her grandchildren, and as many friends and family as possible. Shortly after that she was sending me emails on adoption agencies, and turned the rest of my husbands siblings and family against me.
It will send her the message that you're not really serious about it and that she can manipulate you with the silent treatment. The entire family knows her game. I was with my ex for 10 years before we got married and i was walking on rose petals. Ewan on his Email: drewanherbshome gmail. Then things got even worse than i ever imagined. I do not operate on this level, i want a simple life!! We are happy and living our lives away from her and her toxic clan.
And there is no one to help, because basically everyone is sexist. Ultimately he has to be willing to leave his family for you. I was upset to find that his ex wife turned to drugs because his mother and sisters were interfering in his marriage with her. She may be acting out her fear of losing him by trying to undermine your relationship. That kindness can and will change if she crosses the line. Jocasta Complex Opposite of Oedipus Complex.
I have tolerated it too long, essencially it has done nothing but empower her to continue. The situation never changes, it's broke my heart emotionally and literally. I don't ever want a repeat of this year so I have gone into what I call an exile with my husband so my father in law has no more reason to hurt another person in defense of his rights. There is plenty of emotionally healthy people out there with emotionally healthy families. I am not interested in her tatics we are better than that.
A few years of regular dating and breaking up can be devastating. If he doesn't stand up for you then stand up for yourself at least. However, that lasted about a minute, because the second I entered the house again, his brother caused more problems. She started cooking and doing chores at the house which I never heard from my husband before that she used to do as we had 2 maids who use to handle everything around. I can tell you that even the most awful mother in law is tolerable when you have a supportive partner. To tell him he's making the biggest mistake of his life? Needless to say, she never did it herself.
We continued talking on the phone and I was happy with the situation, when I recieved an email telling me that my wife wanted a divorce. I love him with all my heart but cant keep getting treated like this as its emotionally destroying me and don't want to talk to my partner about it as he gets very defensive and we have massive arguments in the past because of it. She is totally unmanged person but the amount of confidence she has when she speaks regarding my faults when she is following none of the suggestions herself. Make an empowering playlist of songs that get you up and motivated to face a brand new day P! They look at the mother and think, 'Is that what my or girlfriend will be like in 20 years? Luckily I have some job offers from different cities. Alright, so here we go. Everytime she wants something done her way, she says something to manipulate me and my husband into following her.


The objective of the Democratic Party is to cause confusion, speculation, derision and obstructionism to President Donald Trump's Administration and to work extremely hard to bring him down or at least never allow him to advance the Conservative agenda or have Trump re-elected for an 8 year term.
They stir up distractions, create narratives, hoping to cause doubts. Their bought-off Liberal News Agencies ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN and NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST and all the myriad of Liberal think-tank rags have come together to destroy President Trump.
They don't report the amazing things our Commander and Chief has been able to accomplish with our military, safety, economy, infrastructure, medicine, goods and services, international trade, the genius of his cabinet selection, his ability to not only get along with world leaders, but have them agree with him and admit they like him; the fact he doesn't take a dime in service to our country.
This Liberal machine sponsored by George Soros and his ilk and totally supported by Hollywood, who is also busy trying to mind-control the American public by their immoral shows pushing the LGBT agenda and making immoral sexual relations appear normal. America needs to wake up and shut their Liberal TV programs off to these progressive Socialists who want to seductively change the hearts and minds of every American citizen, putting their lives, happiness and health in danger.


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Pete Buttigieg to end 2020 White House bid: Sources
Saying that "the path has narrowed to a close," former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg announced Sunday night that he is suspending his 2020 presidential campaign. "At this point in the race, the best way to keep faith with those goals and ideals is to step aside and help bring our party and our…
Saying that "the path has narrowed to a close," former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg announced Sunday night that he is suspending his 2020 presidential campaign.
"At this point in the race, the best way to keep faith with those goals and ideals is to step aside and help bring our party and our country together," Buttigieg told supporters is his hometown of South Bend. "So tonight I am making the difficult decision to suspend my campaign for the presidency."
"I will no longer seek to be the 2020 Democratic nominee for president, but I will do everything in my power to ensure that we have a new Democratic president come January," he said.
The suspension of the campaign brings to a close an historic bid by the first openly gay man to launch a major bid for the presidency.
"We sent a message to every kid out there wondering if whatever marks them out as different means they are somehow destined to be less than, to see that someone who once felt that exact same way can become a leading American presidential candidate with his husband at his side," he said.
In the final weeks of his campaign, Buttigieg had a clear target amongst his competition: Sen. Bernie Sanders. He spoke against Sanders' calls for an "ideological revolution" and his attempt at a complete overhaul of the American health care system. In his speech Sunday tonight, Buttigieg again alluded to the threat of a Sanders nomination.
"We need leadership to heal a divided nation, not drive us further apart. We need a broad-based agenda that can truly deliver for the American people, not one that gets lost in ideology. We need an approach strong enough not only to win the White House but to hold the House, win the Senate, and send Mitch McConnell into retirement," he said.
Buttigieg, who was once a long-shot in a crowded field of candidates, became a household name during the Democratic primary and would eventually go one to fare well in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary before his momentum was slowed during contests in the more diverse states of Nevada and South Carolina.
When he announced his exploratory committee in January 2019, voters didn't know him or his policy positions, and could not pronounce his last name.
"Boot Edge Edge" became a pronunciation of sorts, plastered across campaign merchandise and even adorned across an entire wall at his campaign headquarters.
At 38 years old, he was a millennial and the youngest candidate in the field. Buttigieg leaned on his youth, hoping to bring about a new generation of leadership in Washington, D.C., and ran on a message of unifying the country in a post-Donald Trump presidency.
He'd begin his town halls asking voters to visualize the day the sun comes up over America and Trump was no longer president.
"We will be even more divided and polarized on that day then we are now. Just worn out from fighting, exhausted and torn up over politics. And that means that we are going to require a president who is focused on uniting the American people, and healing what has been torn up and broken among us," Buttigieg said during a town hall in New Hampshire in January.
Buttigieg, as the first major openly gay candidate to mount a significant run for president, campaigned alongside his husband, Chasten, who developed his own fan base along the way. In one of Buttigeig's most powerful moments, he also became the first person from the LGBTQ community to talk openly on a presidential debate stage about his coming out.
During the ABC News/Univision hosted debate in September, Buttigieg recalled being a military officer while deployed to Afghanistan in 2014 during the era of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," while also serving as mayor in a state under then-Governor Mike Pence.
"At a certain point when it came to professional setbacks, I had to wonder whether just acknowledging who I was was going to be the ultimate career ending, professional setback. I came back from the deployment and realized you only get to live one life and I was not interested in not knowing what it was like to be in love any longer, so I just came out."
For Buttigieg, there was no setback, but rather overwhelming support from his community. After coming out in an op-ed in his local newspaper during his 2015 reelection year, he was elected with 80% of the vote.
"Mayor Buttigieg ran an incredible campaign that broke glass ceilings and inspired countless LGBTQ people to run for office and enter public service," said Alphonso David, President of the Human Rights Campaign. "His history-making, open and honest campaign gave representation to a community that has been for far too long pushed out of the spotlight. He gave a voice to millions across the country, to issues often ignored. He championed his support for LGBTQ equality and effectively articulated how issues of discrimination and inequality personally affected him and his family, undoubtedly moving our country towards a more equal society."
Buttigieg took more moderate positions than some of the other candidates in his party. Most notably, his Medicare for All Who Want It plan left private insurance in place and he opposed free college for everyone. Instead, he supported free college for those who can't afford it.
He embraced his underdog status in the race and proved himself to be a master fundraiser, often beating out more notable names each quarter. But his fundraising also brought about a contentious spar with Sen. Elizabeth Warren at the end of 2019 over attending private events.
For much of the year, Buttigieg's private fundraisers were closed to press and his campaign had stopped releasing names of bundlers, but after mounting pressure from reporters and Warren to open them up, he changed course in December, allowing media in and disclosed those who were raising money for his campaign.
The former mayor was constantly having to defend his experience and whether he was qualified to be commander-in-chief. His failed runs for Indiana state treasurer in 2010 and the DNC Chair in 2016 were often pointed out as being unelectable and the wrong candidate to take on Trump in a general election.
One of his biggest political shortcomings was the lack of support from African-American voters. He hovered around 2% among black Democratic voters and black Democratic-leaning independents, according a recent Washington Post/ Ipsos poll.
Some of the potential causes for his low support is the criticism he received over his relationship with black residents in South Bend and his demotion of the city's first black police chief, Darryl Boykins, in 2012.
The shooting death of a black man, Eric Logan, by a white police officer in the summer of 2019 was one of the biggest tests of Buttigieg's campaign.
Anger and frustration quickly spread across the city, and the mayor was forced to cancel events in New York City and Los Angeles that week to be in South Bend to monitor the situation and meet with community members and family of the victim.
Buttigieg also pulled out of Rep. Jim Clyburn's Fish Fry in South Carolina that Friday night to return home and join a march and protest.
A week later, the mayor held a town hall with the police chief and was the target of members of the South Bend community for not doing enough to prevent incidents like this from happening.
Asked during the July Democratic debate about the lack of black police officers in South Bend and the failure to improve its diversity over his tenure as mayor, Buttigieg infamously admitted, "I couldn't get it done."
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personal essays December 22, 2020
For the Stories, or for the Visa Delays?
Nayrouz Qarmout writes about Edinburgh, Gaza, short stories, and packing a bag.
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The bag carries a heavy load. I had bought it in 2015, arranged my things inside it very carefully, sat next to it, organised my clothes, lined up their colours in a quiet rainbow. The bag barely tolerated colour.
We will go back to a year before this bag was filled with dreams, and I will talk to the girl who is sitting by the window, writing 'The Story of Al-Yarmouk' after sailing her cloak in The Book of Gaza. Troubled serenity is turning to memory as she tries to write the story of that camp.
Melodies in her ears, she yearns for a soft childhood crossing the streets between the shops; the bean and chickpea shop; the photos of Arab artists hanging on its walls. Ideas are packed within her, between places, between times, between the possible and the impossible.
Did she leave or not? Come back or not? Does she still cross the memory? Or has she crossed it into a reality that wasn't hoped for?
Explosions shake the region, vibrating imaginations, thoughts and emotions. The melodies disappear, and though the thunder of planes and incendiary balloons remains, she doesn't fear those planes or their missiles.
An email catches her: Why don't you write under the bombardment? She starts to write – politics at times, literature at others. The first time with English PEN: she publishes her diaries of the conflict on their site – 'Life in War', she calls it – and a short story, 'Umm Ahmed: Newsflash'. She wrote the story in record time while the planes were destroyed; that steadfast mother in her kitchen had become a window of news, having watched it all for weeks from her tiny screen.
A great flame drowns the house with a haze of glass and wood. And the pressure in her ears – she didn't hear the explosion, but it hit the air in her body, hit everything.
Language can no longer bear this in literature. Literature preceded language's grammar, came back and struck its meaning. Metaphor withers, punctuation marks cry, chopping up sentences. The spaces disappear.
She doesn't complete the Al-Yarmouk story. She leaves at dawn every day to regain the blue space between the sky and the sea. The waves are angry while the air hits her face. Her body has swelled to the extent that she collides with all the building of the city. Please, tell me: Who am I? What happened?
Months pass, then she writes 'Pen and Notebook' while watching the workers reconstruct a building. It had been levelled to the ground, the stones surrounding her house in every direction. The story started with the cart of the children who collected the stones.
Then comes 'Our Milk' – the milk that sprinkled the walls of The King David Hotel in Jerusalem in the forties, mixing with blood when the guitar strings are played. Then the Israeli soldier buying flowers from a Palestinian worker in 'White Lilies'. 'Black Grapes' – a mother crosses bypasses to cross the separation wall and harvest her grapes in the West Bank. 'Mirror', where refugees from Palestine and Golan Heights go to places where refugees go. Intransigence and openness in 'A Summerland Moon'. 'The Long Braid' – a girl curls up all the strings of melodies as she searches for a lost homeland. 'Breastfeeding' – religion and society punish the milk. The magic eye above the door, the fire from the stove, the anxious mother and daughters, and the uncle's boots painting scenes: 'June 14th'.
She doesn't stop writing – goes back and completes the Al-Yarmouk story, then writes longer pieces. She no longer spends time with her family. For years, she rarely sees her siblings. She chooses a space and time parallel to the presence of everyone around her, begins to disassemble and synthesise.
A lengthy discussion with Charis Bryden about translating metaphor – about how the English language captures the eloquence of the imagination of the Arabic language. Every scene is a painting, which a musical melody stands behind, which moves its characters, when their creator sits afar from them and sees what they will tell them.
The wheels of the car drive her, carrying her alongside her father to the British Consulate, where she receives the first visa printed in her passport, dated 2015, in order to attend Durham Book Festival. Her eyes fill with doubt while her heart burns for the lost ease of opening or closing a door. She tries to exit through the Beit Hanoun Erez crossing, then the Egyptian Rafah crossing, but she doesn't succeed.
With a smile refusing to reveal her sadness on her lips, the bag is unloaded.
It was emptied after 'The Sea Cloak', where that cloak swells the girl's senses, exhausted from rowing, while the tufts of her hair confuse her vision. It was emptied after 'Umm Ahmad: Newsflash' and 'Life in War', where women make Qatayef with rose water, pistachios, and a little butter.
It is 2018. She has followed all the necessary procedures to get a visa for the UK, but she has been rejected once, twice, three times – she can't count anymore. She no longer wants to despair at the rejection.
It is the media – the solidarity of those voices that support her cause – that prompt her visa to be granted. There's only one day left before she has to be at the Festival. Two weeks ago, she had informed the crossing of her intention to travel, and had submitted the papers and her invitation. It's three o'clock, and she finally has the visa in her possession. Then it's half past three, and her phone rings: Your name, now, at the crossing. The bag isn't ready.
Her brother's leg is broken (he had been trying to repair a broken motor causing power cuts at a health facility) and he is at home. Her sister is taking a day off – for the first time in many years. They come to pack the bag with her while she empties her closet. She doesn't know what the weather is like there. She fears for her ability to return to Gaza.
She calls a taxi and goes to the crossing. She's the last passenger. She answers the questions of the Hamas security, then the National Authority, then sleeps a night in the Rafah hall. She will be granted a pass to cross at dawn. She's the last traveller in the hall.
She crosses a desert road, the sun devouring her eyes. How many times has this bag been emptied of its belongings? At every checkpoint along the road.
Getting the bus won't guarantee that she catches the plane. That Al-Araishi who makes coffee and tea looks at her and asks, 'Why are you still standing? Everyone is sleeping. You must be thirsty – you didn't drink anything'. 'I don't want to sleep', she replies. 'I'm waiting for approval to pass'. He tells her he will drive her for 250 dollars; she is worried about the risk, but nevertheless offers him 150. They agree, and that is the way.
A day on a very difficult road, and she reaches a hotel close to the airport. She knows nothing about Egypt and its hotels. She books a room, and everyone looks at her dirty clothes and the chaos of her hair. There were two children in the car, eating and pouring milk and chocolate on her. She smells foul.
What a beautiful bath. Allergy medicine relieves the redness in her eyes caused by the salt of the air in the Sinai desert. Another car for the airport.
For the first time, she sees the electronic boards that guide passengers at the airport. No one is waiting for her at Heathrow; she takes another plane up to Edinburgh.
There, the coldness of the air sweeps through her, shrinking every part of her body, the frost after the desert flame bringing her back to her birthplace.
In the taxi, she looks at each and every tree on the sides of the roads. How she longs for nature that isn't eaten by borders.
She arrives at the hotel and steals some of its warmth. The Festival celebrates her arrival, a crowded lounge listening to what she says. She is on her own, a human regardless of the place. She isn't begging for support and solidarity; she has just wanted to say: We still live and endure, through our dignity.
The crossing is closed. She is forced to postpone things for ten days. She was meant to return to Gaza two days after arriving for the Festival – the same time it took her to get to Edinburgh. She catches a train for the first time on her own. She doesn't know how to book it – doesn't have an electronic payment card, only carries dollars. She recalls entering a store to buy something and being told 'We only take pounds, our country's currency'. 'What pride', she thinks to herself. 'This is independence. How I long for a currency for our country'.
She arrives at the home of a Palestinian writer, where his Hungarian wife receives her with deep passion and devotion to Palestine. She is tired – she gave a lot of media interviews in Edinburgh.
She walks the streets of London. How precious it is to walk freely.
She returns to Gaza. At El-Arish again, she spends the night on the sidewalk; people sleep in the open air, exchanges of fire sound, and the barking of stray dogs fill the night in the Sinai desert. But she insists on standing. A soldier fires bullets next to her to force her to sleep or sit down. On the contrary, the sound of this bullet awakens her reassurance, and she keeps standing. The children are lying under the feet of the elderly on pieces of worn cloth; a wildfire of glass surrounds them; others try to relieve themselves behind car doors, but the moonlight reveals the secrets of darkness, no matter how much its walls turn around their breath.
The surprise of 2019: Edinburgh International Book Festival wants to host the launch of The Sea Cloak and Other Stories.
She gets a visa, but her name at the crossing is crossed out (more than once). She pays to be able to travel.
Ali Smith tells her: 'I know that many voices such as yours exist in the Middle East, and that we haven't yet heard most of them'. She smiles and points with her fingers: '"Black Grape", "White Lily"; small details, big events. While I was on the train, I tried hard to catch my breath reading your stories'.
In turn, she asks her, 'What should I add to my writing?'
'Nothing, just keep writing'.
Val McDermid embraces her firmly – 'You're Brave'.
At successive events, there are Kurdish refugees from Syria.
I am reminded of my name – 'Newroz' – and what it means for the Kurds. I read my stories to them, and my heart weeps bitterly for the Arab world, and then I silence my grief.
I book a train to London, without saying to the hotel receptionist – who helped me carry my bag last time – 'How do you book a train?'. My bag is lighter this time; I came more aware of the weather.
There are many who are still like that girl, their bags overloaded with everything you can't imagine.
Finally, I forward a question that I didn't answer, asked by a senior New York Times staffer in London, when I met him in Edinburgh: 'Why all this media attention? Is it because of the visa delay, or are they interested in your stories? I am still drawing this answer.
Nayrouz Qarmout is a journalist, author and women's rights campaigner. Born in Yarmouk Refugee Camp, Damascus, in 1984, as a Palestinian refugee, she was 'returned' to the Gaza Strip at the age of 11 as part of the 1994 Oslo Peace Accord, where she now lives. She has worked in the Ministry of Women's Affairs, raising awareness of gender issues and promoting the political and economic role of women in policy, law, and the media. She has won a number of prizes including the Creative Women's Award for her debut collection The Sea Cloak, which was the bestseller at Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019.
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